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Clippers Suffer Another Heartbreaking OT Loss in Rogers BCHL Cup Final

Harry Ahlberg scored in the first OT and Zach Zahara stopped 43 of 44 shots as Brooks moved one win from the BCHL title.

  • On Wednesday, May 20, the Brooks Bandits defeated the Nanaimo Clippers 2-1 in overtime at Frank Crane Arena, securing a 3-1 lead in the Rogers BCHL Cup final.
  • Mathis Dufour opened the scoring for Brooks, while Charles Béland equalized for Nanaimo; Harry Ahlberg scored the winner in overtime after a Clippers goal was disallowed.
  • Brooks goalie Zach Zahara stopped 43 of 44 shots, while Nanaimo netminder Eliot Sguin-Lescarbeau made 37 saves on 39 shots. Ahlberg received two minutes for boarding defenseman Blake Jones.
  • Despite outshooting the Bandits 15-6 in overtime, the Clippers fell short again. Clippers assistant coach Henry Acres said the team "deserved better" and must focus on "winning the puck battle."
  • Facing elimination, the Clippers travel to Centennial Regional Arena in Brooks for Game 5 on Friday, May 22. Acres confirmed Jones is "OK" and will return to the lineup.
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Clippers suffer another heartbreaking OT loss in Rogers BCHL Cup final

The song remained sadly the same, as the Nanaimo Clippers suffered another 2-1 overtime loss in the B.C. Hockey League championship. The Clippers hosted the Brooks Bandits in Game 4 of the Rogers BCHL Cup final on Wednesday, May 20 at Frank Crane Arena and after a 2-1 double OT loss in Game 2 in Brooks, Alta., and a 2-1 OT loss on home ice in Game 3, the team once again lost in an extra frame. Mathis Dufour opened the scoring for Brooks in the f…

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nanaimonewsnow.com broke the news on Thursday, May 21, 2026.
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